There was no set limit on donations in the commission’s opinion, but phone companies usually are inclined to limit text donations to the $5-$10 range.

The attorney behind the effort, Jerad Najvar, and others say they hope this will help the GOP compete with the Democrats in digital technology.

“Texas is now the third state to approve text donations to statewide political campaigns,” Washington-based GOP digital strategist Peter Pasi said. “I think momentum is building to approve it in more [states] in advance of the 2014 elections. What’s significant is that this request came from a Republican group, thus dispelling the notion that text-to-donate is the exclusive realm of Democrats.”